Hard to believe that as recently as last Thursday I was still sleeping with just a sheet and cotton coverlet, and most nights was pushing the coverlet down to the foot of the bed. A cold front swept through on Friday and I used my doona for the first time this season, and last night I even switched to winter pyjamas. Spring and autumn just don't exist here, it's either summer or winter, no in between. There's been a chill wind blowing and even though the sun's been out both days it's been pretty cold. Well, cold for here, anyway, if you were out of the sun and with the wind blowing through you.

Took advantage of the arrival of cooler weather, and planted a mass of bulbs today. Jonquils, freesias and grape hyacinth, which have been sitting in my fridge for a few weeks now, waiting for the weather to turn. It's a good time to plant things, with a waxing moon, and the ground should be cool enough now for the bulbs to settle in nicely.

It's relative, isn't it? *g* During winter, most days would range between 18C to 21C (64F to 70F), with 59F being considered a cold day. Overnight lows in mid-single figures celsius - a very cold night will get close to 2C (35.6F)I have lived in colder parts of Australia; spent 18 months in Oberon where it did actually snow a couple of times during winter, and a good day was one that reached 11C (52F). I hated it, far too cold!Little hot house flower, that's me.

I was curious because I'm constantly amused by what the locals consider "cold" in the winter... although they're equally amused by my complaints about heat when it get over 80F when we all know it's going far past that point, up in to the early 100sF most days with really, really high humidity.

Actually though, your winters are substantially warmer than winters are here where the average daily temperature is low 50sF and the average night time temp is in the 20sF.